Review of 'When The King Comes Home (A College of Magics)' on 'Goodreads'
This is a very lovely book. It's out of print, and shouldn't be. I would have bought the ebook, but managed to find a tattered paperback.
It's a fantasy. There are horses, swords and castles, and some magic. The protagonist is a young artist, whose parents agree to take them to the city to be apprenticed to a famous painter. Both the famous artist, and the protagonist, are women -- it's a less patriarchal setting than most. There is action, and adventure, and yet in some ways it's about being old, looking back on a life well lived, and setting it down.
I loved the prose, and the characters.